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Richard Shelby: “Since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, its proponents have repeatedly claimed that both consumers and our financial…”

On the recordMay 21, 2012
Since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, its proponents have repeatedly claimed that both consumers and our financial markets will benefit from the new law. We now know that both of those claims are false.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby criticizes claims about Dodd-Frank's benefits for consumers and markets.

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